I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Deel in Mar 2024
Interview
Recruiter screen, take-home task, technical screen, behavioural interview.
The take-home task was long, the basic problems can be solved in 3-5 hours, but doing only this will definitely not get you moving to the next stage. So you have to spend at least 8-12 hours on this.
During the tech stage, they discuss the task and your solution and ask questions about things like indexes and concurrency.
The cultural interview will focus on your strengths and weaknesses. If you are honest about this, you will be rejected. You need to make your weakness sound like strengths to succeed here, so you have to lie or you should mention something silly.
Communication from the recruiter was good throughout.
Due to the amount of time required to make it through the process, especially for the take-home task I would STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST interviewing here unless you have time to burn.
If you check LinkedIn, you can see that most of their engineers are in India and Latin America, so if you are looking for a European salary, you are up against thousands of underpaid competitors from these countries.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about the drawbacks of indexes, optimising complex SQL queries, handling concurrent requests. Cultural questions focused on your strengths and weaknesses with examples.
1 technical interview, then another interview with the team lead, one cultural fit interview with senior management. There was no leetcode at all but conversations and direct questions. Overall interviewee friendly
I applied online. I interviewed at Deel in Feb 2026
Interview
The interviewer showed up 5 minutes late and had the most arrogant attitude I have ever experienced in a hiring process. Big red flag. Constantly interrupting me over small details. Demeaning attitude, not a single smile. It's like they wanted me to fail and feel under pressure. It's okay to discuss different views on architecture. But nitpicking the syntax and tiny details was simply not helpful to anyone. If that's the culture, I dodged a bullet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The technical constraints and how it fit the overall platform architecture. That was actually a fair question.
Who: Recruiter or HR representative.
Format: Phone call (20–30 minutes).
Focus:
Your background and resume highlights.
Why you’re interested in the role.
Work authorization and logistics (location, remote/on-site flexibility).
Salary expectations and timeline.